Editor in chief
I’ve written a lot about stability and chaos in the newsroom over the course of the semester. This week, thanks to a temperature roller coaster and mid-semester lack of sleep, many of us fell ill. With stuffy noses and clogged ears, we reported, edited and printed as always — we were just a little less peppy about it.
But colder temperatures bring exciting things, such as Terps basketball! Read about that and everything else we’re looking back on at the end of the week here:
Monday
In a season-opening Barclays Center loss to the No. 18 Huskies, the Terps men’s basketball team failed to complete a late comeback and fell, 78-77.
This year’s “Faculty & Staff Out List,” published in October, included 124 faculty and staff members who identified as LGBT — almost double the 1994 number.
Tuesday
For the first time ever, a majority of Americans — 58 percent — support legalizing marijuana, according to an October Gallup poll.
Former opinion editor Nadav Karasov wrote in about how communal resentment, not low turnout from university students in elections, stunts College Park’s future.
Wednesday
A male college student is believed to be the latest sexual assault victim of a suspected serial predator after the pair met at Looney’s Pub in College Park on Oct. 2, police said.
Montgomery County Police believe Joey Poindexter, 38, of Gaithersburg, has assaulted at least 10 victims over the past 10 years. Police arrested Poindexter Oct. 9 after a college student reported being sexually assaulted at Poindexter’s home, according to Montgomery County Police.
In light of sports controversies from concussions to outrageous locker room behavior, our opinion columnists provided their perspectives on the role of violence and aggression in sports at both the youth and professional levels.
- Maria Romas writes that the culture of angry coaches and parents in youth sports must be replaced.
- Liam Casey writes that aggression should be kept on field.
- Kevin Hogan writes about the distinctions among violence in fiction, history and reality.
- Anna Dottle penned an editorial cartoon about youth sports violence.
Freshman hats? No “petting parties?” “You Did What?!?,” a new exhibit in McKeldin Library organized by university archivists Anne Turkos and Jason Speck, shows examples of some of this university’s old behavior policies through photos and artifacts from the archives.
Thursday
LGBT veterans recall years of secrecy before policy changes began a process of de-stigmatizing being LGBT and in the military.
Orthodox Jewish beatboxer and junior aerospace engineering major Josh Leviton — aka the Orthobox — draws inspiration from his faith to deliver battle-ready beats.
Friday
News
Alcohol has long gone hand in hand with college students — or has it? This week, we’re exploring the lives of students who opt for sober lifestyles and new research about college students and alcohol abuse. Click on the links at BLAME IT ON THE BOOZE to read stories by staff writers Darcy Costello, Ellie Silverman, Erin Serpico and Madeleine List.
Opinion
Columnists and cartoonists submitted their opinions on different aspects of drugs and alcohol in college. The editorial board chimes in with its view on marijuana legalization and expanding our collective curiosity on the matter.
Diversions
In this season of feasts, writers collected their favorite recipes and anecdotes for The Diamondback’s recipe board.
Sports
The No. 8 Terrapins women’s basketball team hosts No. 1 Connecticut tonight in a rematch of last year’s sweet sixteen game, in which the Huskies ended the Terps’ season. Staff writer Paul Pierre-Louis previews the game and senior staff writer Daniel Gallen has a column on its significance.
See you next week.
